document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1128919>Question 1128919</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As more people entered the coffee shop, the number of pounds of coffee the employees had in stock decreased every hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The function p(x)=0.4(.91)^x models the number of pounds of coffee in hundreds of pounds where x represents the number of hours since the trend has been observed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do the values in the function represent?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Select each correct answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There were 40 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of pounds of coffee in stock decreased by 91% each hour since the trend began.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There were 400 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of pounds of coffee in stock decreased by 9% each hour since the trend began.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There were 4000 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The first and the second lines of the answer list are correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All other lines of the answer list are incorrect.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>An aside note</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    The given function  p(x) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.4%2A0.91%5Ex ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.4%2A0.91%5Ex\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  is a \"decay\" function.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It is typical to describe the decay processes like radioactive decay.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    The process of decreasing the coffee amount in the store does not look like a decay,\r\n" );
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document.write( "        so, in my view, it is not likely-hood that the function p(x) is a good form to describe it.\r\n" );
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